Your Own World

Your Own World is a publication following a workshop done in Backwell School and Bristol Metropolitan Academy. The workshop was also designed by me, and involved guiding the children through a booklet made to deconstruct their daily routine and make them think a little more deeply about their World. This workshop and newspaper were made for the purpose of educating children about how the world works and encouraging them to form their own opinions and ideas about it.

A project fuelled by boomsatsuma.

Made using Adobe InDesign and printed with Newspaper Club.

Your Own World

The Art of War

This is an exploration of the text 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu. I looked at protests and demonstrations through the eyes of this ancient Chinese book, and compared various past protests and marches to chapters within. Fathers for Justice, Women's suffrage and the Scottish referendum were amongst the events noted within the book.

Made using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, printed onto Newsprint and acetate then cloth bound.

Cities Touch People

Cities Touch People are a series of 6 prints showing how people are invisible in the making of cities. Cities depend on their inhabitants to keep businesses and buildings alive. I spoke to a number of people about their home towns and they chose various locations and buildings that reminded them of home, or that they had a strong attachment to. When the ink is touched the heat form your hand makes the photochromic ink (top layer forming the head shape) disappear, to leave the building underneath exposed.

6 screen prints done using black ink and black photochromic ink.

Best Buildings of Bedminster

Best Buildings of Bedminster is a small exhibition that runs in the Bristol suburb every year. It aims to bring buildings falling into disrepair or that are simply under appreciated back into the public eye. This pack I have created showcases some of these buildings in the form of postcards. This way the residents, or visitors, can share their beauty with others. Some of the history of each location is included on the reverse side so as well as appreciating each building for its beauty people can also learn the story of the place.

Make Your Own Nation

Make Your Own Nation is a pack created by myself for children (and adults too!) to have the tools and the basic knowledge to start their own nations. These can be for fun or take a more serious and official turn, the pack fits all. It contains a blank flag, a dictionary, blank money, passports, a national anthem score, and a booklet explaining everything in more detail.

Created in Adobe InDesign (some parts sewn).

Skyscraper

Skyscraper is the explanation and workings of a short film made of the same name. The film shows a performance piece done in Bristol's Broadmead exploring the growth and formation of cities.

Link to the film: https://vimeo.com/skyscraper

Printed onto tracing paper, newsprint and fluorescent paper.

Skyscraper Film

BRITish

BRITish is a publication showing all that is truly British, from Marmite to the Robin. Everything Brits swear by and all we call home. There is also a section in the back of the magazine on how to become British. The whole publication comes together to show how to make it and fake it as a brit.

Underdog

Underdog is a short publication made for newcomers to the city of Bristol. It contains several free places within the city that are overlooked in terms of tourist potential and beauty, Underdog aims to popularise these hidden gems that keep Bristol's spirit alive.

Big Pit Mine Story

Big Pit was a mine in Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales. Now it is the national mining museum. This project, a GIF and soundtrack, follow the town's growth, economy and slow decline back into rural Wales as the mine closed, then re-opened as a museum.

Big Pit Soundtrack

Assassinations

Assassinations was something I made in my own time. The current climate of the news and what is happening in the world lead me to reflect to the assassinations and crime in the past. I then researched the ten more famous assassinations in history; JFK, Franz Ferdinand, Abraham Lincoln etc. and started to create this newspaper.

Made on Adobe InDesign, printed with Newspaperclub.com

24 Hours Blind

This was a second year uni project based on putting yourself in someone else's shoes. I considered many options before choosing the one that made me feel the most uncomfortable; being blind for 24 hours.

Scottish Independence Info-Graphics

This was a holiday project from university about considering and dismantling what was in the news that summer. This was the summer of 2014 and the news in my area was dominated by the Scottish Referendum.

The Bear Pit

The Bear Pit, or the St James Barton Roundabout, in Bristol, has been changing and evolving constantly for a number of years. Me and a group of friends at uni decided to set ourselves the challenge of giving it a solid identity, hence the birth of the 'Bear Claw'.

Family Monograms

Considering the population is ageing more and more each year and there is an ever growing trend of vintage and re-cycled clothing, I decided to make my oldest grandparents their own monograms. CNC was my paternal grandfather and he was heavily involved in the Bristol wine trade and the Merchant Venturers society. SMP is my maternal grandmother, a wren in the war and an avid bridge player.